Game-board.



Patente dluly 3, I900. w. H. HILLYEB.

' GAME BOARD.

(Application filed Mar. 27, 1900.)

(No Model.)

.lllllHlHllllli IN VE N 70f? WILLIAM HURD HILLYER, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

GAME-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters IPatent No. 653,085, dated July 3, 1900. Application filed, March 27, 1900. Serial N0. 10:368. (N model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HURD HILL- YER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented a new and Improved Game-Board, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in game-boards; and the object is to provide a game-board of novel construction that will prove entertaining and require considerable skill to play.

I will describe a game-board embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gameboard embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line so 00 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 shows an armature to be engaged with the several magnets employed when the board is not in use.

The board comprises a base 1, upon which felt or similar material 2 is stretched. The base is surrounded by a boxing 3, and at each corner a pocket 4. is provided. lVithin a circular line 5 is placed a series of permanent magnets 6, the poles of which all point to a common center or to a center pocket 7 formed in the board. The permanent magnets are clamped to the board by means of blocks 8, engaging with the opposite legs of the magnets, and through these blocks fasteningscrews or nails 9 are passed.

When the game-board is not in use, a ringshaped armature 10 is engaged with the poles of the magnets to prevent the escape of the magnetism. Used in connection with the game is a ball 11, consisting of steel or other suitable material that may be attracted by the magnets.

The game is played by placing the ball 11 outside the field or circular line 5 and strikin g it with a suitable mallet 12. If the ball after being struck adheres to one of the permanent magnets, the player scores five. If it rollsinto the pocket 7, he scores one, and if it should fall into either one of the pockets 4 the player loses or forfeits five. Other rules may be made for playing the game, but it is not thought necessary to state them herein.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-.-

1. A game-board, comprising a base having a raised edge and a circular field, permanent magnets arranged within the field and having their poles pointing to a common center, and a rolling device of magnetic materialmovable over the board, substantially as specified.

2. A game-board, comprising a base having a raised or box-like edge, and pockets at the corners, permanent magnets secured to the base and having their poles pointing to a pocket at the center of the board, a' ball of magnetic material, and a propelling device for the ball, substantially as specified.

3. A game-board, comprising a base having a raised edge and a center field, pockets pro-' vided at the corners of the base, and a pocket at the center of the base, permanent magnets attached to the base and having their poles directed toward the center pocket, a ringshaped armature for the magnets, a ball of magnetic material, and means for propelling said ball over the board, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM HURD I-IILLYER. Witnesses:

J. M. PUGGER, H. (l. CALDWELL. 

